{"product_id":"cinematic-time-in-the-odyssey","title":"Cinematic Time in the Odyssey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book explores Homer’s \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e through Gilles Deleuze’s philosophy and film theory, focusing on how time operates in the epic. \u003c\/b\u003eUsing Deleuze’s concept of the “crystal image”, which holds past, present and future in suspension, it examines the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e’s temporal complexities alongside key films. Each chapter engages with a distinct aspect of time: metapoetics, trauma and the afterlife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlain Resnais’ \u003ci\u003eLast Year at Marienbad\u003c\/i\u003e (1961) and Jean-Luc Godard’s \u003ci\u003eContempt\u003c\/i\u003e (1963) illuminate metapoetics, while Deleuze’s concept of the “crystal image” reveals how films and the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e interweave past, present and future. Case studies from both works highlight the temporal complexity of Homeric epic. Resnais’ \u003ci\u003eHiroshima mon amour\u003c\/i\u003e (1959) explores trauma, paralleling Odysseus’ fragmented memories, while Theo Angelopoulos’ \u003ci\u003eUlysses’ Gaze\u003c\/i\u003e (1995) and Coppola’s \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Now\u003c\/i\u003e (1979) engage with death, exile and return. By applying Deleuze’s theory, modern films are placed in dialogue with ancient texts, offering fresh insights into Homeric temporality and the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e’s themes of metapoetics, trauma and death.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57503724929397,"sku":"9781350579606","price":85.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781350579606.jpg?v=1787039989","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/cinematic-time-in-the-odyssey","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}